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Evaluation thermophysical properties of functionalized imidazolium thiocyanate based ionic liquids Girma Gonfa, Mohamad Azmi Bustam, Nawshad Muhammad, and Amir Sada Khan Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b03707 • Publication Date (Web): 19 Nov 2015 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on November 21, 2015

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Evaluation thermophysical properties of functionalized imidazolium thiocyanate based ionic liquids Girma Gonfa*†, Mohamad Azmi Bustam†, Nawshad Muhammad§, Amir Sada Khan† †

Chemical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 31750 Tronoh, Perak,

Malaysia. §

Interdisciplinary Research Center in Biomedical Materials, COMSATS Institute of Information

Technology, Lahore, Pakistan.

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ABSTRACT

New cyano-based ionic liquids with thiocyanate anion, and nitrile, ally, benzyl and hydroxyl functionalized imidazolium cations were prepared and some of their important thermophysical properties were measured. Properties such as density, viscosity and refractive index were measured over various temperature ranges. From the experimental density values, the molecular volume, standard molar entropy, lattice energy and thermal expansion coefficient of the ionic liquids were calculated. The thermal stability of the ionic liquids was investigated using thermogravimetric analysis. The effects of functionalized imidazolium side chains on the thermophysical properties of the ionic liquids were investigated. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed to study the effect of the structural variation of the imidazolium cation on properties of the ionic liquids.

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1. INTRODUCTION Cyano-based ionic liquids (ILs) are attracting considerable attention for industrial applications because they present lower melting points and viscosities compared to most of other ILs.

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Cyano-based ILs contain one or more cyano (CN) group in their structural moieties. The high electronegativity, stable triple bond and delocalized charges of the cyano group offered them very unique properties and applications. Initially, the cyano-based ILs were prepared, characterized and mainly used for electrochemical applications due to their high conductivity, high fluidity and low melting point.2-6 Recently, these ILs have been used for dye-sensitized solar cells,

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separation of aromatic from aliphatic hydrocarbons,

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gas separation

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bioseparation12 and biomass treatment. 13 Consequently, some cyano-based ILs were synthesized and their thermophysical properties in their pure form and mixture with other solvents were reported.14-23 However, most of the studied ILs are based on 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium and 1ethyl-3-methylimidazolium cations with cyano-based anions, mainly dicyanamide and thiocyanate. Only, few works were reported for ILs with nitrile functionalized imidazolium alkyl side- chain and cyano-based anions.23 In our previous work 24, we reported the effects of nitrile, allyl, benzyl and hydroxyl functional groups on the thermophysical properties of four ILs based on dual functionalized imidazolium cations and chloride anion. To the best of our knowledge, the thermophysical properties of ILs with dual functionalized imidazolium alkyl side-chain and cyano based anions have not been studied yet. The current work presents the synthesis and some of the important thermophysical properties of five cyano based-ILs with thiocyanate anion, and nitrile, hydroxyl, benzyl and allyl functionalized imidazolium cations. The effects of the functional groups on the thermophysical properties of the ILs were presented. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were

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performed to support the proposed arguments applied to explain the effects of the functional groups on the properties of the ILs. The studied ILs are, namely, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium thiocyanate

([Bmim][SCN]),

3-(3-butyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium-1-yl)propanenitrile

thiocyanate

([C2CNBim][SCN]),

3-(3-allyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium-1-yl)propanenitrile

thiocyanate

([C2CNAim][SCN]),

3-(3-benzyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium-1-yl)propanenitrile

thiocyanate

([C2CNBzim][SCN]), 3-[3-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1H-imidazol-3-ium-1-yl]propanenitrile thiocyanate ([C2CNHeim][SCN]). The structure of the studied ILs are depicted in Figure 1.

N

Cations

CH2

CH3 N+

N

H3C

N+

N

N+ N H3C

N

[C2CNAim]

[C2CNBim]

[Bmim]

OH N+

N+ N

N

N

[C2CNBzim]

N

[C2CNHeim]

Anion N

S-

thiocyanate

Figure 1. Structure of the studied ILs. 2. EXPERIMENTAL SECTION 2.1. Materials The ionic liquids were synthesized using analytical grade chemicals without further purifications. The starting materials are: imidazole (Aldrich, 99%), 1-methylimidazole (Merck, 99%), acrylonitrile (Aldrich, 99%), 2-chloroethanol (Merck, 99.8%), benzyl chloride (Merck, 99% ),

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allyl chloride (Aldrich, 98%), 1-chlorobutane (Merck, 99%), sodium thiocyanate (SigmaAldrich, 98%), methanol (anhydrous, Aldrich, 99.8%), acetone (Aldrich, 99.8%), 1-chlorobutane ( Aldrich, 99.5% and ethyl acetate (anhydrous, Aldrich, 99.8%). 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (98%) was obtained from Sigma-Aldrich. 2.2. Preparation of ionic liquids [Bmim][SCN] was prepared by metathesis reaction of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([Bmim]Cl) with sodium thiocyanate as described in the literature.

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The synthesis procedure

adopted for the other four ILs consists of four steps: incorporation of nitrile group into the imidazolium cation through Michael addition reaction, preparation of their respective chloride based ILs and further exchange of chloride with thiocyanate anion. The chloride based ILs, namely, 3-(3-butyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium-1-yl)propanenitrile chloride ([C2CNBim]Cl), 3-(3-allyl1H-imidazol-3-ium-1-yl)propanenitrile chloride ([C2CNAim]Cl), 3-(3-benzyl-1H-imidazol-3ium-1-yl)propanenitrile chloride ([C2CNBzim]Cl) and 3-[3-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1H-imidazol-3ium-1-yl]propanenitrile chloride ([C2CNHeim]Cl) were prepared using the procedures reported in our previous work. 24 Subsequently, the desired ILs, named, 3-(3-butyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium-1yl)propanenitrile thiocyanate, 3-(3-allyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium-1-yl)propanenitrile thiocyanate, 3(3-benzyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium-1-yl)propanenitrile thiocyanate and 3-[3-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1Himidazol-3-ium-1-yl]propanenitrile thiocyanate were prepared from their corresponding chloride based ILs through metathesis reaction with sodium thiocyanate. Bruker Avance 500 spectrometer was used to record the 1H and 13C NMR spectra. The elemental analyses were performed using CHNS-932 (LECO instruments). The 1HNMR and

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CNMR and elemental analysis of the ILs

are given below.

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1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium thiocyanate. 1H NMR (CDCl3): δ (ppm) = 0.89 (3H, t), 1.31 (2H, m), 1.86 (2H, m), 4.12 (3H, s), 4.28 (2H, t), 7.42 (1H, m), 7.56 (1H, m), 10.55 (1H, s). 13CNMR (CDCl3): δ (ppm) = 13.5, 19.9, 32.1, 35.8, 51.3, 122.3, 126.7, 134.5, and 138.1. Elemental analysis: C (54.7 %), H (7.8 %), N (21.3 %), S (16.2 %). Theoretical: C (54.8 %), H (7.7 %), N (21.3 %), S (16.2 %). 3-(3-butyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium-1-yl)propanenitrile thiocyanate. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6): δ (ppm) = 0.96 (3H, t), 1.31 (2H, m), 1.81 (2H, m), 3.07 (2H, t), 4.18 (2H, t), 4.47 (2H, t), 7.66 (1H, s). 13C NMR (DMSO-d6): δ (ppm) = 14.1, 18.3, 21.7, 29.4, 48.5, 50.7, 120.5, 121.9, 124.3, and 134.5. Elemental analysis: C (55.9 %), H (6.8 %), N (23.7 %), S (13.5 %). Theoretical: C (55.9 %), H (6.7 %), N (23.6 %), S (13.6 %). 3-(3-allyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium-1-yl)propanenitrile thiocyanate. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6): δ = 3.20 (2H, t), 4.55 (2H, t), 4.91 (2H, d), 5.35 (2H, d), 6.15 (1H, m), 7.75 (1H, s), 7.89 (1H, s), 9.15 (1H, s).

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C NMR (DMSO-d6): δ (ppm) = 18.2, 46.9, 54.1, 114.9, 118.5, 119.4, 121.7, 122.6,

125.8, 133.3. Elemental analysis: C (54.5 %), H (5.4 %), N (25.4 %), S (14.5 %). Theoretical: C (54.3 %), H (5.3 %), N (23.1 %), S (17.1 %). 3-(3-benzyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium-1-yl)propanenitrile thiocyanate. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6): δ = 3.25 (2H, t), 4.59 (2H, t), 5.45 (2H, s), 7.47 (5H, m), 7.91 (1H, s), 7.95(1H, s), 9.65 (1H, s). 13C NMR (DMSO-d6): δ (ppm) = 17.9, 47.2, 56.7, 118.3, 119.4, 121.9, 122.3, 124.5, 125.6, 129.1, 129.2, 130.1, 130.3, 138.6. Elemental analysis: C (62.2 %), H (5.2 %), N (20.7 %), S (11.8 %). Theoretical: C (62.3 %), H (5.0 %), N (21.1 %), S (11.4 %). 3-[3-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1H-imidazol-3-ium-1-yl]propanenitrile thiocyanate. 1H NMR (DMSOd6): δ = 3.25 (2H, t), 3.75 (2H, t), 4.22 (2H, t), 5.37 (2H, d), 5.45 (1H, t), 7.91 (1H, s), 7.85 (1H, s), 9.45 (1H, s).

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C NMR (DMSO-d6): δ (ppm) = 17.5, 47.6, 54.1, 59.3, 118.7, 119.3, 121.5,

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122.9, 124.9. Elemental analysis: C (48.2 %), H (5.3 %), N (24.9 %), S (14.3 %). Theoretical: C (47.8 %), H (5.7 %), N (24.7 %), S (14.8 %). 2.3. Properties measurements Before measuring the properties, the ILs were rigorously purified using ethyl acetate and diethyl ether and dried in a vacuum oven at 80 °C for 48 h. The water contents were measured using coulometric Karl Fischer titrator (model DL39). The halide content was measured using ion chromatogram (Metrohm model 761 Compact IC). The water and chloride contents of the ILs are given in Table 1. Table 1. Water and chloride contents of the ILs. [Bmim] [SCN]

[C2CNBim] [SCN]

[C2CNAim] [SCN]

[C2CNBzim] [SCN]

[C2CNeHim] [SCN]

Water content (ppm)

257

305

283

318

353

Chloride content (ppm)

63

72

76

89

94

2.4. Thermal decomposition temperature Perkin-Elmer, Pyris V-3.81 thermal gravimetric analyser (TGA) was used to investigate the short term thermal stability of the ILs in nitrogen atmosphere. Samples (4 mg) were placed in an aluminium pan under a nitrogen atmosphere at a heating rate of 10 K/min from 323 to 900 K. The temperature accuracy is better than ± 1 K. The onset temperature (Tonset), starting temperature (Tstart), peak temperature (Tpeak) and the temperature at which 10% of the sample decomposed (T10%) were obtained from TGA analyses. 2.5. Density and viscosity measurements Density and viscosities were measured using the Anton Paar Viscometer (model SVM3000). Before measuring the densities and viscosities, the instrument were calibrated using ultrapure millipore quality water and validated with ILs of established properties.

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pressure. The uncertainty of measurements are u(T) = ± 0.01 K, u(η) = ± 0.32 % and u(ρ) = ± 5×10-6 g·cm−3 for temperature, viscosity and density, respectively. All the measurements were performed three times to obtain the average values. 2.6. Refractive index measurements ATAGO programmable digital refractometer (RX-5000α) was used to measure the refractive indexes of the ILs. The refractometer was calibrated using pure organic solvents with known refractive index values and validated with ILs of known properties.

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The uncertainty in

measurement of this equipment is of the order of ± 4×10−5. Temperature was controlled within ± 0.05 K. The refractive index values were measured in the temperature range of (298.15 to 333.15) K. At least three measurements were done at each temperature and their average values were reported. 2.7. Computational Methods Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed to understand the effect of the structural variations of the imidazolium cation on the molecular properties of the ILs. Turbomole 6.2 software package

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was used for the quantum calculations. First the structure of the cations

and thiocyanate anion were separately optimized. Then, ion-paired structures, combining each cation and thiocyanate anion, were optimized to simulate the ILs. The geometry optimizations were performed using the dispersion corrected density functional theory (DFT-dsp) method, utilizing the Becke-Perdew-86 (BP86) functional

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with resolution of identity (RI)

approximation and a triple-ξ valence polarized basis set (TZVP).

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Natural Bond Orbital

(NBO) population analyses for the species were performed at the same level and basis set. The ideal screening charges on the molecular surface for the species were calculated using COSMOthermX programme (version C2.1) with BP_TZVP_C21_0111.ctd parameterization 30.

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3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 3.1. Density The densities measurements for [Bmim][SCN] as a function of temperature were compared with literature values. 16, 18, 22 The relative differences between our measurement and those reported by Sanchez et al.16, Vakili-Nezhaad et al. 22 and Królikowska et al. 18 varies from (0.013 to 0.05)%, (0.003 to 0.025)% and (0.008 to 070)%, respectively. The literature values along with the relative differences are given in supplementary documents (Table S1). The comparison between our measurements and the literature data is included in supporting information (Figure S1). For [Bmim][SCN], our density measurements are in good agreement with literature data. The remaining four ILs are new synthesis and therefore impossible to compare with reported literature. The densities (ρ) of the ILs in the temperature range of (293.15- 353.15) K and at atmospheric pressure are reported in Table 2. The density increases in the order of [Bmim][SCN] < [C2CNBim][SCN]


[C2CNBzim][SCN] > [C2CNAim][SCN] > [C2CNBim][SCN] > [Bmim][SCN]. Deetlefs et al.

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reported that

refractive indexes decreases with increasing the molar volume for ILs with 1-alkyl-3methylimidazolium homologous series. However, there is no direct relation between the molar volume and the refractive indexes for the present ILs. This could be because the ILs do not belong to the same homologous series as they contain different functional groups in the

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imidazolium alkyl side-chain. The refractive index of the ILs depends on the nature of the functional groups incorporated in the imidazolium alkyl side-chain. The high refractive indexes of the nitrile, allyl, benzyl and hydroxyl functionalized ILs may be due to additional electron mobility around the nitrile, allyl, benzyl and hydroxyl functionalised side chain compared to the non-functionalized imidazolium alkyl chain.23 This will be described latter using the DFT calculations. Table 4. Experimental refractive index data as function of temperature at atmospheric pressurea [Bmim] [SCN]

[C2CNBim] [SCN]

[C2CNAim] [SCN]

[C2CNBzim] [SCN]

[C2CNHeim] [SCN]

1.5406

1.5497

1.5578

1.5681

1.5692

298.15

1.5391

1.5483

1.5563

1.5666

1.5682

303.15

1.5375

1.5467

1.5548

1.5650

1.5666

308.15

1.5361

1.5453

1.5532

1.5634

1.5650

313.15

1.5346

1.5438

1.5517

1.5617

1.5640

318.15

1.5330

1.5424

1.5502

1.5602

1.5622

323.15

1.5316

1.5409

1.5488

1.5586

1.5605

328.15

1.5302

1.5396

1.5473

1.5571

1.5588

333.15

1.5286

1.5381

1.5458

1.5556

1.5572

T/K 293.15

a

-4

Standard uncertainties u are u(T) = ± 0.05 K, and u(nD) = ± 5×10 .

Figure 3 shows the temperature dependences of the refractive indexes of the ILs. A linear relationship with temperature was obtained for all the ILs. The temperature dependences of the refractive indexes were correlated using linear equation. The correlation parameters, correlation coefficients and standard deviations are provided in supporting document (Table S4). The values of the correlation coefficients are greater than 0.99 while the maximum standard deviation less than 0.001 for all the studied ILs.

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1.56

1.55 nD

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1.53 290

300

310

320

330

T/K

Figure 3. Temperature dependence of refractive indexes for the ILs. ⎕, [Bmim][SCN]; ○, [C2CNBim][SCN]; ∆, [C2CNAim][SCN]; ∇, [C2CNBzim][SCN]; ⊲, [C2CNHeim][SCN]. 3.7. Density and refractive index correlations Recently, the relationship between the refractive indexes and other physicochemical properties of ILs attracted much attention 37, 39. In this work, the relation between density and refractive index of the ILs were correlated using various empirical equations which can be generally represented as: = ( = 5

(8)

where, f(n) is a function given by Lorentz-Lorenz, Dale-Gladstone, Newton, Eykman or modified Eykman equation, ρ density of the ILs and k the empirical constant that depends on the nature of ILs and the wavelength at which the refractive index is measured. The fitting parameters for equation (8) were obtained by correlating the experimental densities with refractive indexes of the ILs. The fitting parameter k for the various empirical equations and the constant for the modified Eykman equation are presented in Table 5. Among the empirical

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equations the modified Eykman equation presents the best correlation between the present experimental densities and refractive indexes with an overall AAD % of 0.0047. Similar observations were reported by other Sorianoet and coworkers 37, 39. This is because there are two parameters (k and d) in modified Eykman equation compared to only one mentioned in the other equations. The Eykman equation present less correlation for the densities and the refractive index with highest AAD which is 0.1966. Table 5. Parameters k and d for different empirical equations from Equation (6) [Bmim] [SCN]

[C2CNBim] [SCN]

[C2CNAim] [SCN]

[C2CNBzim] [SCN]

[C2CNHeim] [SCN]

AAD%

Lorentz-Lorenza

0.2930

0.2842

0.2770

0.2784

0.2692

0.0544

Dale-Gladstoneb

0.5035

0.4897

0.4785

0.4825

0.4667

0.0180

Eykmanc

0.4632

0.4475

0.4348

0.4353

0.4205

0.1966

Newtond

1.2761

1.2457

1.2211

1.2361

1.1964

0.0708

k

0.5787

0.4182

0.5971

0.5235

0.7405

d

0.6704

1.4350

0.5682

0.7995

0.0520

Modified Eykmane

> = ( =  − 1(⁄  + 2(

A = ( =  − 1 D = ( =  − 1(⁄  + 0.4(

@ = ( =  − 1 B = ( =  − 1(/  + @(

0.0047

3.8. Viscosity The dynamic viscosities of [Bmim][SCN] were compared with literatures data.

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The

measurements and literatures data along with the deviations are included in supporting information (Table S5). The relative deviation between our measurement and the values reported by Vakili-Nezhaad et al. al.

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varies from ( 0.48 to 7.86)% while the deviations from Domańska et

data are in the range of (0.10 to 0.75)%. Relatively higher discrepancies were observed

between our measurement and that reported by Vakili-Nezhaad et al.

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which could be due to

the usage of different apparatus for the measurements.

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Table 6. Dynamic viscosity (mPa.s) of ILs at various temperatures (298.15-353.15) K at atmospheric pressurea

a

T/K

[Bmim] [SCN]

[C2CNBim] [SCN]

[C2CNAim] [SCN]

[C2CNBzim] [SCN]

[C2CNHeim] [SCN]

298.15

52.13

261.33

936.17

2219.95

1409.81

303.15

42.09

187.29

644.00

1304.93

887.67

308.15

35.04

137.95

419.54

788.15

555.56

313.15

29.21

104.68

279.8

489.12

363.03

318.15

24.31

81.5

199.08

311.89

244.39

323.15

20.73

64.59

145.54

195.73

168.16

328.15

16.78

51.77

108.64

145.36

118.44

333.15

15.02

41.94

82.48

98.61

84.24

338.15

12.79

34.63

64.13

65.35

62.22

343.15

11.09

29.47

51.65

48.63

47.47

348.15

9.97

25.64

42.74

36.13

37.29

353.15

8.32

21.38

33.94

29.38

28.33

Standard uncertainties u are u(T) = ± 0.01 K and viscosity u(η) = ± 0.32%.

The dynamic viscosities of the ILs in temperature range of (298.15-353.15) K are shown in Table 6. The viscosity values are in the order of [Bmim][SCN] < [C2CNBim][SCN] < [C2CNAim][SCN] < [C2CNHeim][SCN] < [C2CNBzim][SCN]. The same trend was observed for chloride based ILs with similar cations, that is, [C2CNBim]Cl < [C2CNAim]Cl < [C2CNHeim]Cl < [C2CNBzim]Cl.

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The viscosities of the non-functionalized [Bmim][SCN] is

much lower than ILs functionalized with nitrile, allyl, benzyl and hydroxyl groups. For example, when the methyl group of [Bmim][SCN] is replaced by propyronitrile (CH2-CH2-CN) in [C2CNBim][SCN], the dynamic viscosity at 298.15 K increases from 52.13 to 261.33 mPa.s. The result is consistent with the result reported by Zhang et al. 23, where the viscosity increases from 44 to 286 mPa.s when the butyl of [Bmim][NTf2] is replaced by CH2-CH2-CN. Moreover, the dual functionalized ILs have higher viscosity compared to the mono-functionalized [C2CNBim][SCN]. This can be explained by comparing the viscosity of [C2CNBim][SCN] with

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[C2CNAim][SCN], [C2CNBzim][SCN] and [C2CNHeim][SCN]. For dual functionalized ILs, the viscosity increases in the order of [C2CNBim][SCN] < [C2CNAim][SCN] < [C2CNHeim][SCN] < [C2CNBzim[SCN]. The increased hydrogen bonding interactions, π-π stacking and electrostatic interactions derived from the functional groups may be responsible for the increases in the viscosity of the functionalized ILs. Similar trend was observed for their counterpart ILs with chloride anion. 24 Figure 4 shows the effect of temperature on viscosities of the ILs. The temperature has a profound effect on the viscosity, and the viscosity is particularly more affected at lower temperature, that is, the viscosity decreases sharply with increasing temperature at lower temperature. The dynamic viscosities η were fitted as a function of temperature using the following equation: 22 ln G/%H>. I( = J + J ⁄ + J ⁄ 

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[C2CNAim][SCN]; ∇, [C2CNBzim][SCN]; □, [C2CNHeim][SCN]. 3.9. Thermal Stability

Due to their negligible vapour pressure and high chemical stability, ILs have been proposed for many high temperature applications. For safe application at elevated temperature, it is important to test the behaviour of the ILs at the operating conditions, and determine their maximum operation temperatures. TGA is the most commonly used technique to investigate the short-term thermal stability, also known as dynamic analysis. In TGA analysis, the thermal stabilities are usually reported in terms of onset temperature (Tonset), which is the cross point between the tangent straight lines to the TGA curve before and after decomposition started. However, since thermal degradation usually starts at a lower temperature, known as starting temperature (Tstart), the Tonset may not represent the maximum operation temperature of the ILs. That means, the Tonset could overestimated the maximum operation temperature. Moreover, some authors also reported the thermal behaviour of ILs in terms of T10% 21 and Tpeak. 41 The T10% is the temperature at which 10 wt % of the mass degrade while Tpeak is the temperature at which maximum degradation

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observed. The Tpeak is obtained from derivative thermogravimetric curve. In this work, Tstart, Tonset, T10% and Tpeak were reported to characterize the thermal stability of the ILs. Table 7. Dynamic TGA characteristic parameters (Tstart, Tonset, T10% and Tpeak) of the ILs. T/K

[Bmim] [SCN]

[C2CNBim] [SCN]

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The dynamic thermal decomposition characteristic parameters (Tstart Tonset, T10% and Tpeak) of the ILs are shown in Table 7. The thermogravimetric traces are included in the supporting information (Figure S2). For a given ILs, the Tstart, Tonset, and Tpeak follow the order of Tstart < Tonset < Tpeak which present that the ILs start decomposition before the onset temperature and the maximum decompositions occur after the onset temperature is observed. The difference between the Tonset and Tstart varies from 20 K for [C2CNHeim][SCN] to 40 K for [Bmim][SCN]. Similarly, the difference between Tpeak and Tonset varies from (10 to 63) K for the studied ILs. The lowest and the highest differences are for observed for [Bmim][SCN] and [C2CNHeim][SCN], respectively. Introduction of the functional groups reduces the thermal stabilities of the ILs. The result is in agreement with previous observation on the effect functionalized cation on thermal stability of the ILs

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side alkyl chain generally decreases the thermal decomposition of the ILs irrespective of the nature of the anions. They also explained the low thermal stability of allyl functionalized ILs may be due to the rigidity of the allyl group. Hao et al. 42 related the low thermal stability of ally functionalized ILs to their low activation energy compared to ILs without allyl functional group.

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Similarly, introducing hydroxyl functional group in the imidazolium alkyl side-chain decreases the thermal stabilities of the ILs. This could be due to the higher chemical activity and easier decomposition of the hydroxyethyl functional group 44. 3.10. Computational study Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were carried out to understand the effect of the functional groups in imidazolium alkyl side-chain on the molecular properties of the ILs. First, the structures of the cations were optimized and stable conformers were obtained. Then, ions pairs, each consists one of the cations and thiocyanate anion, were optimized to obtain the ILs. The most stable structures of the cations and the ILs (ions pairs) are included in supporting information (Figure S3). The electronic structure of imidazolium ring contains delocalized 3centered-4-electron configuration across the N1-C2-N3 moiety, a double bond between C4 and C5 and a weak delocalization in the central region 45 (Figure 5 (a)). Although the hydrogen atoms on C2-H, C4-H, and C5-H carry positive charges, the C2-H is more acidic since it is located between two electronegative nitrogen atoms. This could also be observed from the COSMO-surface charge density obtained from the quantum calculations. Figure 5 shows the structure of [Bmim]+ with its COSMO-surface charge density. The blue surface shows the positive charges due to acidic hydrogen from C2-H, C4-H and C5-H of the imidazolium ring. Since C2-H is more acidic than C4-H and C5-H the thiocyanate anion preferably interacts with the C2-H side of the imidazolium ring. Thus, most stable cation-anion pair was obtained when thiocyanate anion is placed near to the C2-H as shown in Figure 5 (c). However, for the nitrile, allyl, benzyl and hydroxyl functionalized cations/ILs their electronic structural properties are also affected by the functional group incorporated in the imidazolium alkyl side-chain. This can be observed from the COSMO-surface charge of [C2CNHeim]+ shown

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in Figure 5 (c), which is contains both nitrile and hydroxyl functional groups. The nitrile functional group introduces electron deficient region on the C2CN part of the alkyl spacer while the hydroxyl group introduces both electron deficient (acidic) and excess electron (basic) regions. This shows [C2CNHeim]+ could interact with the thiocyanate anions through the acid hydrogen from the hydroxyl functional in addition to the C2-H of imidazolium ring. The stable structures and COSMO-charge distribution of all the studied cations and ILs are included in supporting document (Figure S3).

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Figure 5. Optimized structure and COSMO-surface charge distributions. (a) [Bmim]+ structure; (b) [Bmim]+ COSMO-surface charge distributions; (c) [Bmim][SCN] COSMO-surface charge distributions; (d) [C2CNHeim]+ COSMO-surface charge distributions.

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extended σ-profile which indicates its strong hydrogen bond donor and acceptor capacity as mentioned in the previous sections. To understand how the cations could interact with thiocyanate anion the Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital (HOMO) and Lowest Occupied Molecular Orbital (LUMO) were retrieved from Natural Bond Orbital (NBO) analysis. The HOMO and LUMO analyses can give insight into the chelating process of cation-anion systems. LUMO is associated with the tendency of a

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species to receive electron and is characteristic for electrophilic components while HOMO is associated with the tendency to donate electron and is characteristic for nucleophilic components.

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the cations and the thiocyanate anion because the incommoding electron from HOMO of one molecule will fill into the LUMO of another molecule. Figure 7 shows the HOMO and LUMO orbitals of some of the cations and ILs studied. The full data are provided in supporting information (Figure S4). For [Bmim]+ the LOMO orbitals localized at N1-C2-N3 of the imidazolium ring while the HOMO part distributed on the π-system on top and lower part of the imidazolium ring (Figure 7 (a ) and (b)). Since anions are generally the source of HOMO orbitals in cation-anion interaction, the anions transfer electrons to the LUMO of the cation, that is, cation-anion interaction is preferably occurs through HOMO of thiocyanate anion and LUMO of [Bmim]+ cation. On the contrary, for functionalized imidazolium based cations HOMO does not limited to the imidazolium π-system but also contributed by the functional groups. For example, for [C2CNBim]+ the source of HOMO is both the π-system and the nitrile functional group in the alkyl side-chain ( Figure 7 (c) and (d)). For dual functionalized cations [C2CNAim]+, [C2CNBzim]+ and [C2CNHeim]+ the allyl, benzyl and hydroxyl functional groups contributed to the HOMO orbitals. Moreover, in the case of [C2CNHeim]+ the hydroxyl functional group is also a source of LUMO orbitals because of its both hydrogen bond donor and acceptor behaviour ( Figure 7 (e) and ( f)). These could affect the cation-anion interaction which consecutively determines the properties of the ILs.

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Figure 7. HOMO and LUMO orbitals of studied cations. The properties of the ILs are not only determined by the cation-anion interaction but also by intermolecular interactions between the ILs molecules. To see the interactions between ILs the HOMO and LUMO of the ILs were generated for the ILs. Figure 8 shows the HOMO and LUMO of selected ILs. Full data on HOMO and LUMO all the studied ILs can be found in supporting information (Figure S5). For [Bmim][SCN], the HOMO orbitals mainly comes from the thiocyanate while the LOMO is located on N1-C2-N3 of the imidazolium ring. However, in the case of [C2CNBim][SCN], nitrile functional group is also the source of HOMO and could contribute to the intermolecular interaction. For dual functionalized ILs [C2CNAim][SCN], [C2CNBzim] [SCN], and [C2CNHeim] [SCN] the allyl, benzyl and hydroxyl functional groups

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contributed to strong between the ILs molecules since they are the source HOMO or LUMO orbitals.

a) [Bmim][SCN]-HOMO

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Figure 8. HOMO and LUMO orbitals of studied ILs. 4. CONCLUSIONS Nitrile containing side chain was added to the imidazole ring through Michael addition reaction followed by addition of each allyl, benzyl, and hydroxyl ethyl functional groups to synthesize their respective ILs. The effects of the functional groups on some of their thermophysical properties were studied. The measured density values are in the order of [Bmim][SCN] < [C2CNBim][SCN] < [C2CNAim][SCN] < [C2CNBzim][SCN] < [C2CNHeim][SCN]. The incorporation of nitrile functionality in the imidazolium alkyl side-chain increases the density of the ILs by more than 4% subsequent addition of allyl, benzyl and hydroxyl in other side of the cation increases by 8%, 9% and 12 %, respectively. The refractive indexes of the ILs increases in

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the order of [Bmim][SCN] < [C2CNBim][SCN] < [C2CNAim][SCN] < [C2CNBzim][SCN] < [C2CNHeim][SCN]. The density and refractive index values are best correlated with Eykman empirical equation. Incorporation of the functional groups increases the viscosity of the ILs. The dynamic viscosities also increases in the order of [Bmim][SCN] < [C2CNBim][SCN] < [C2CNAim][SCN] < [C2CNBzim][SCN] < [C2CNHeim][SCN]. However, the ILs containing the functional groups in their imidazolium alkyl spacer have lower thermal stability. The density functions theory (DFT) calculations show that the incorporation of the functional groups in the imidazolium alky chain creates more electron deficient and/or electron excess regions. This could affect the cation-anion interactions and also interactions between the ILs molecules which thereby affects their properties. AUTHOR INFORMATION Corresponding Author *Tel.: (60) 175667304. E-mail: [email protected]. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This work is supported by fundamental research grant scheme (ERGS-0153AB-110) of Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia and Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. ASSOCIATED CONTENT Supporting Information Experimental and literature density and viscosity of for 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium thiocyanate (Table S1 and S5). Correlation parameters for density, refractive index and viscosity as function of temperature (Table S2, S4 and S6). Isobaric thermal expansion coefficient of the ILs (Table S3). Comparison of experimental and literature densities of 1-butyl-3-

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